Game apparatus



W. J. NEUBAUER.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAYfi, x919.-

1,320,086. Patented Oct. 28,1919.

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UNITED snares PANT onion v WILLIAM J. NEUBAUER, CLEVELAND, OHIO.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. May 5, 1919. Serial No. 294,655.

This invention relates to new and novel improvements in a game apparatus, it has for its objects the provision of a device which will be simple and instructive in operation, the provision of a device which may be used by younger children and readily understood by them, the rules and regulations being such as to instruct the players in the use of numerals, and the provision of a device which will be cheap of manufacture and efficient in operation.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter carefully described and pointed out in the appending claims.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the device; Fig. 2 isa central longitudinal section and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. In the illustrations like numerals designate like parts throughout the drawings.

The device consists of a box having sides 1-1, a bottom 2 and end walls 3 and 4:. As viewed in Fig. 3 it will be seen that the bottom 2 is higher at its middle than at the edges which join the side walls 1, at the highest point or the apex a groove 5 is formed and extends from the front wall 3 to the back wallt. Secured to the wall t and immediately above the groove 5 is a cup 6 of spring metal, the sides being made of such shape that if an object enters within the cup the sides will retain said object. Substantially at the center of the box a hazard straddles the groove 5 and consists of a cup 7 indentical in construction with the cup 6 and suspended from a link 8 plvotally secured to a shaft 9 supported by two standards 10 and 11 secured to the bottom 2 at either side of the groove 5. A projecting mechanism is supported by the wall 3 immediately above the groove 5 and consists of a plunger 12 secured upon the end of the shaft 13 having at its opposite end an operating handle 14:. A spring 15 is interposed between the plunger 12 and the wall 3 in such a manner that when the plunger is pulled outwardly it will be against the tension of said spring. A ball or marble 16 isadapted to be placed in the groove 5 and immediately in front of the plunger 12 and impelled toward the hazard and cup 6 thereby.

The rules of the game are as follows: Any number of players may compete. Each is allotted a certain number and a predetermined number of turns or trials. The plunger is drawn against the tension of the spring by the player grasping the operating handle 14 and pulling same outwardly, after placingthe marble 16' in the groove 5 and and immediately in front of the plunger 12, the hand is removed from the operating handle which allows the spring to project the ball toward the opposite end of the box. In the event that the ball strikes the hazard and does not go through there is no count, whereupon the player must take another turn and in this event if the ball enters the cup 7 the player multiplies his number by 20. If the ball is impelled forcibly enough to swing the cup entirely about its axis the player then multiplies his number by 20 twice or as many times as the cu-p rotates about its axis. If the ball proceeds through the hazard merely swinging the cup 7 from its path and enters the cup 6 at the end of the groove the player will multiply his number by 10. If it does not enter the cup 6 but rolls to the side of the apparatus which is then inevitable due to the slope of the bottom, the player will act upon his number according to the legend printed upon the bottom 2, thus if the ball falls into a section marked plus 3 he will add three to his number. The winning player is the one who at the end of the allotted time allowed for play has the highest amount.

I claim:

1. A game apparatus comprising a. box having a longitudinal groove, a ball, means at one end of the box to project the same along said groove, a cup at the opposite end of the box having spring sides adapted to grip the ball, and a hazard device at an intermediate part of the groove adapted to engage the ball as it is projected along the groove.

2. A game apparatus comprising a box having a longitudinal groove in the bottom thereof, a ball adapted to roll along the groove, means at one end of the box to project the ball along the groove, and a swinging cup hanging above the groove in position to receive the ball and to be swung around thereby.

3. A game apparatus comprising a box having a longitudinal groove in the bottom thereof, a ball adapted to roll along the groove, means at one end of the box to project the ball along the groove, and a swinging cup hanging above the groove in position to receive the ball and to be swung around thereby, said cup having spring sides adapted to engage and retain the ball therein.

4. A game apparatus comprising a box having a longitudinal groove in the bottom thereof, said bottom sloping in opposite di-' rection from the edges of the groove and said bottom being provided with compartments of different counting values along its side edges, a ball adapted to roll along the groove, means at one end of the boX to project the ball along the groove, and a cup located at a distance from said end, and

above the groove, in position to possibly receive the ball projecting along the groove.

5. A game apparatus comprising a box having a longitudinal groove in the bottom thereof, said bottom sloping in opposite directions from the edges of the groove and said bottom being provided With compartments of different counting values along its side edges, a ball adapted to roll along the groove, means at one end of the boX to proect the ball along the groove, and a cup located at a distance from said end, and above the groove, in position to. possibly receive the ball projecting along the groove, said cup having spring sides adapted to engage and retain the, ball.

In testimony whereof, I do affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. NEUBAUER.

Witnesses:

JOH A. BOMMHARDT, ROBE T L. BRUGK.

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